Data Specialist

Job Requisition Number                              7092                                                                               Work Type Permanent Job Function Data / Knowledge Management Salary Range £39,904.00 -£45,616.00  Base Cardiff / Hybrid working

 

What you’ll be responsible for

As a Data Specialist, you will play a key role contributing to the Business Intelligence team, ensuring data quality, developing Power BI reports, and supporting various data-driven projects to help DCWW make informed decisions. You will be responsible for:

•    The delivery of key data and analytical outputs, either solely or through close collaboration with other Data Team colleagues, that directly support strategic objectives belonging to the entire organisation using Power BI.
•    Effective capture of stakeholder requirements and establishing appropriate means of communicating with stakeholders, throughout the project lifecycle, to ensure final solutions are as expected.
•    Be able to analyse data and business requirements to a high standard and confidently communicate and present your findings in a manner that best suits your audience.
•    Realising and promoting the benefits within your projects and capturing the efficiencies as required.
•    Ensuring that best practice is used when working on projects, adhering to relevant internal processes intended to assure the protection of the data and completion of the required project documentation.
•    Supporting strategic initiatives intended to develop the data knowledge and skills of others.
•    Carry out other related duties as required to meet business needs
 

Who you’ll work with

Internal

• Data Team
• ITS
• Colleagues and stakeholders across the entire organisation (Water, Wastewater, Retail and Support)
   

About you

•    Strong data handling skills, and an understanding of key data management and data governance concepts
•    Previous experience working with data, such as through data analysis or data reporting 
•    Experience with Power BI 
•    Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
•    Being able to work with stakeholders at all levels across our organisation, and be able to translate business needs into clear technical requirements for data/analytical work
•    Strong data analysis skills, being able to select appropriate techniques when analysing data, and using effective means for visualising and communicating key outputs
 

Good to know

The role will be hybrid working from our Cardiff Linea office, which will be around once a week or once every 2 weeks dependant on the business needs.

 

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

 
•             Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
•             Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
•             Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
•             Free Mortgage Brokering Services 
•             Enhanced family friendly policies
•             Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
•             Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
•             Cycle to work scheme
•             Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
•             Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
•             Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
•             An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
•             Many more can be found here!  

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment
 
 
Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.
 
Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

 

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision.  This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them.  The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

 

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work. 

 

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

 

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.

 

 

Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT

© Dŵr Cymru Cyf 2019.